Reykjavík Summit - Wikipedia

The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 11–12 October 1986.[1] The talks collapsed at the last minute, but the progress that had been achieved eventually resulted in the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. Since 1986, Gorbachev had proposed banning all ballistic missiles, but Reagan wanted to continue research on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), which involved the militarization of outer space. Yet Soviet suspicion of SDI continued, and U.S.-Soviet relations were strained.[2] At Reykjavík, Reagan sought to include discussion of human rights, emigration of Soviet Jews and dissidents, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Gorbachev sought to limit the talks solely to arms control. The Soviets acceded to the "double-zero" proposal for eliminating INF weapons from Europe,

Reykjavík Summit - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 64°08′47″N 21°54′24″W / 64.14639°N 21.90667°W / 64.14639; -21.90667 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unsuccessful 1986 Soviet-American diplomatic summit {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ronald Reagan]]"},"chairperson":{"wt":""},"follows":{"wt":"[[Geneva Summit (1985)]]"},"precedes":{"wt":"[[Washington Summit (1987)]]"},"website":{"wt":""},"keypoints":{"wt":""},"compactnav":{"wt":""}},"i":0}}]}'> Reykjavík Summit Reagan and Gorbachev in Höfði Host country Iceland Date October 11–12, 1986 Cities Reykjavík Venues Höfði Participants Mikhail Gorbach

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